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kex
/kɛks/
noun 3
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2ADJ.
dry
KEX + NOUN
wi'
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noun
1
The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
"I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far."
2
A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
3
A dry husk or covering.
On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.
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"I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far."
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On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.
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